These folks are hot…DEAD hot

Submitted for your approval is a new batch of Hot Dead Goodness. Today we have three Hot Dead Guys and three Hot Dead Chicks—a little something for everyone.

Aldous Huxley

We begin with Aldous Huxley…über-intellect, philosopher, and author. Best known for his anti-Utopian novel Brave New World. Also well known for his prodigious and copious drug use. Less well known for his 1940 screenplay for Pride and Prejudice, starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson. Should be known best for his brooding good looks, penetrating gaze, and general hotness.

Sir Walter Raleigh

Next up we have Sir Walter Raleigh (or Ralegh, as it was originally spelled). Well known for his dalliance with Queen Elizabeth I (“Virgin Queen” my ass). Also known for his ill-fated expedition to settle Roanoke Colony in North Carolina (what kind of dipstick sends people to set up shop on the North Carolina coast during hurricane season, anyway???). Should be best known as Hot Elizabethan Studmuffin.

Our third Hot Dead Guy was chosen with Leo in mind, because I know of his fondness for hot prisoners and ex-cons.

John Boyle O’Reilly

John Boyle O’Reilly was a Fenian who was imprisoned in 1866 for his role in an Irish plot to rebel against British troops. This didn’t exactly endear him to the British, and for his troubles he got a prison sentence and subsequent transportation to Australia as a political criminal. O’Reilly escaped from prison in 1869 and made his way to the United States, where he continued to advocate for Irish independence. Now tell me you wouldn’t have enjoyed solitary confinement with this fine felon.

And now, the ladies…

Alice Roosevelt

First, Alice Roosevelt…she was the oldest child of Teddy Roosevelt, and man, was she a piece of work. She had a throw pillow that was embroidered with “If you can’t say something nice, then sit next to me.” I mean, look at this haughty broad. You just know she’d rip you to shreds. Her forked tongue often got her in trouble and she was embroiled in multiple scandals throughout her life, but she didn’t care. Alice lived without restrictions. And she was hot.

Next, may I present Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood legend and science geek. During World War II, she devised a method of preventing radio-guided torpedoes from being jammed by the enemy: a device that would constantly change the radio frequency so that enemy equipment couldn’t get a fix on it.

Hedy Lamarr

She received a patent for her “frequency hopping” system. It was never used by the United States Navy, but many modern communications devices use a system very similar to it today. Hottie Hedy had beauty AND brains.

Jennie Jerome

Last but by no means least, we have Jennie Jerome. Who??? Well, Brooklyn-born Jennie was from a well-to-do family, and being a fine specimen of female pulchritude, she had a variety of suitors. In 1874, she met Lord Randolph Churchill—the man who would soon become her husband. They soon had a son, Winston. You may have heard of him. (By the way, smart money says that Winston was conceived BEFORE the wedding of his parents…) Jennie was notorious for her sexual appetites as well as for her impossibly tiny waist (thanks to some seriously impressive corsetry). Her second and third husbands were both 20 years her junior, and she was once described as having “more of the panther than of the woman in her look.” Who knew Winston’s mom was such a live wire? And so hot??

186 responses to These folks are hot…DEAD hot

That’s what I’m talking about!
You gotta love an ex-con, especially if he wasn’t charged with murder, you know you can trust him. Sleep and wake up next to him with all your valuables still there and your body in one piece, sore but in one piece.
However, I must say that Mrs. Roosevelt caught my attention (I know she’s a woman), she sounds so cunning, and there’s nothing hotter than a resourceful woman (yeah, an ex-con).

Something tells me you have some experience with hot ex-cons, my friend. Now I want to know more. Especially about the soreness in the morning… Alice Roosevelt was a hottie, she probably would have been pretty good in the sack, not that this interests you or me, particularly.

You got me with Hedy Lamarr. Terrible name. Beautiful face. I’m all about the face. And what a mind! If it weren’t for Hedy’s frequency hopping system, we wouldn’t have cell phones. For real! Is that necessarily a good thing? I wonder how she was in bed? See how I looped it back around to my most base instinct? That’s my talent.

If it makes you feel any better, Hedy Lamarr wasn’t her real name. Her real name was Hedwig Kiesler. That’s way hotter, right? She was probably pretty good in the sack. I think Aldous would have been too. See, my mind goes there too.

I love hot dead people. I said something about Clark Gable being hot once and my brother was like, he’d dead, and I was like, I’d have a better chance with George Clooney cause he’s breathing? Very good list.

Great collection of deadies, Madame. Hedy does it for me everyone time. Well, you know what I mean. Her invention is what makes a gazillion cell phones all work right next to each other. Not thats always a great thing when you have to listen to some people who don’t actually need a cell phone to communicate long distances. Oh yeah, and she’s smoking 🙂

I meant to link to you in the part with Hedy, Nigel—I put her in there for you! She was quite the looker. And science geeks are hot. You’re right that frequency hopping has kind of bitten us in the ass, with all the idiots on their cell phones. But it’s not Hedy’s fault. She probably would have hated that too.

I know you’re in touch with the afterlife more than most, but here’s a great candidate if you’re looking for a few more hot dead women – and this one was clearly hot romantically and in her insane bravery. Amy Thorpe:

Thanks for the Hot Dead 6! Equal time for the guys and gals! Who knew that Jenny Churchill was such a hot mama? I knew Hedy Lamarr was hot. Alice Roosevelt also had a reputation. The men also had their reputations. But I didn’t know about Jenny. Thanks for the info.

I didn’t know how hot Winston’s mom was, so that was a nice surprise. In the past I’ve given more attention to the Hot Dead Guys because that’s my thing, so I wanted to give the Hot Dead Ladies some love here. (That sounds wrong, doesn’t it.)

I realized I wasn’t being fair to all the folks who enjoy the ladies, Frank—so I rectified my mistake! Huxley does have a very interesting family history, doesn’t he? His family tree is a veritable Who’s Who.

Thanks Cathy! Until recently I had only seen photos of Huxley as an older gentleman–handsome, but not as striking as he was in his younger days. As for Alice, she had enough attitude for twelve people!

I see where you’re going with this, and I dig it. And we can have a special centerfold each month. Maybe we can also have Dr. Playboy/girl Calendars, with a different hot naked brainiac for each month. Genius, Daan. Genius.

She was a loose cannon all right. And seriously, as badass as TR was, even HE couldn’t control her. And this was a guy who delivered a speech with a bullet lodged in his chest, braved Spanish bullets in Cuba, and hunted big game in the territories…yet his daughter was more than he could handle!!

That’s true, there are plenty of hot dead fictional characters. And as we’ve discussed, the characters are often a lot hotter than the people who play them. Between the fictional hotties and the real dead hotties, it’s so overwhelming. So much death, so much hotness.

Oh lordy, those must have been epic conversations/arguments/sparring matches. Alice and TR weren’t especially close, but they seem to have been a LOT alike—rebellious, dramatic, badass. No wonder they clashed.

Weebs, such an interesting group of people. If history were presented this way, in terms of hotness, people would really dig it. You can learn as much about history by the people who aren’t talked about, the people surrounding the key figures. Alice Roosevelt sounds like my kind of woman, someone to have a nice chat with.

It’s a shame that history isn’t taught this way, Bumbly. History is a lot more interesting than most people realize: hot guys and chicks, gossip, scandal, all kinds of juicy stuff. Alice would have been fun to drink with. I would have enjoyed raking people over the coals with her.

The stories behind the pics were really cool Weebly, although we differ when it comes to our idea of “hot”, especially when it comes to men. The women were sorta hot though and I could picture myself hanging out with Alice Roosevelt and Jennie Jerome. 🙂

I have a soft spot in my heart for Heddy Lamarr. she once said when asked what it takes to be glamorous. “Anyone can be glamorous, you just have to stand around and look stupid.” A very telling statement from a really brainy beauty.

Nowhere near enough attention is paid to hot dead people!
O’Reilly made the cut because didn’t have the narrow-set eyes so many prisoners had, likely because of his lack of both the criminal and politician genes.
Alice Roosevelt was quite the babe. Don’t know if there’s any truth to the rumor that she had a tattoo on her caboose which read “Daddy was a Rough Rider”.

Since I’m a firm believer that beauty and brains are NOT mutually exclusive, thank you for including Hedy Lamarr! She was totally amazing, and more people should know her brains matched her looks. What better combination could anyone want????

She really was obnoxious. She also said all the things we WISH we could say, so I give her big props for that. And she gave attitude to people who were rude or racist, so she gets HUGE props for that too.

I can’t fault Sir Walter Raleigh’s for dressing according to the fashion of his time, but I can’t look at that picture without thinking that he’s just come back from the vet’s office and they’re afraid he’ll chew on his sutures. Sorry, hot dead Elizabethan guys.

Oh, Madam! I’m laughing helplessly. Not at your hot dead folks, who are, by all accounts, totally hot (except poor old Walter – I just can’t get past his frilly collar). It’s just this: Last night I was watching a Rush special and thinking of you while I watched Geddy Lee’s magic fingers. This morning I come to your blog, and what do I see in your tag cloud? “Fuck you Geddy Lee”. Coincidence? I think not. You wish, Madam, you wish! 😉

Hi Diane! Ohhhhh, those magic fingers. They’re mesmerizing. Don’t even get me started. Those are actually two separate tags, “Fuck you” and “Geddy Lee,” but the sentiment of the two together certainly wouldn’t be inappropriate…

If it weren’t for the vow of celibacy, I’d be off to dig up Hedy Lamarr straight away. She’s one hot chick and it’s the killer combo of looking that fantastic and being such a brainy geek. Pity she’s dead, really, because that rather puts a crimp on being able to take her on a date!

Only found out about her because I saw the obit in the paper today. To think she died in February and it takes until the end of May for her obit to be published, especially when she was crucial to the development of chemotherapy. You’d have thought there would have been more fanfare about it.

What a shame O’Reilly escaped Australia and headed for the States (and what a feat in those days!) – we love hotties in Australia. Alice was such a live-wire, but I think Hedy is my pick of the group (yeah – I love brains)…

I like your kind of history. And herstory. Who knew Hedy was so smart? I didn’t. Or that Winston’s mom was so… panther-like? Her son turned out to be more like a lion than a panther, don’t you think? Anyway, you are inspiring me about my next blog. I was going to write in the voice of my female character, but really, I think I have to stick with the hottie who’s on her trail.

I bet Sweet Husband is right, Margarita. I sincerely doubt that she kept the Royal Lady Parts off limits for her entire life, and statistically it’s probably safe to say that she had at least one kid. Who knows how many heirs to the throne are out there now??